Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-01-06
wAysIDF CHANCES.


John L. Butler, OF .he knights Of Labor,
was in Residing the other day, stirring up the
PEOPLE Of that city on the question OF child
labor He said he was almost led TO DESPAIR
by what he had seen in travelling over the
country. At n silk mill In A allentown a little
girl told that she was only III years old anu
vet she was one Of the regular employees In
the mill. lhe act Of April II, 1919. says
Labor performed in all cotton, silk, flax lac
tories shall consist OF 10 hours and the ages OF
employees shall not be less than lS years
The fine of such employer Tor each onense
shall he $50. The parent or guardian shall
forfeit or pay the sum Of go for each ofiense
in conniviug or agreeing to employ such.
The act OF 1856 says at Fl years of age no eni-
ploye In any factory shall work more than 10
hours In each week or 10 hours = day. Yet
In Reading girls and men commence TO
work at 70 minutes to + o'clock in the morn
ing. In Philadelphia Mr.. Butler WAS in a
factory where q girl was to receive $40 for
the week, while the tiues imposed upon her
by the firm amounted to s. Co
The speaker further said "ln philadel.
phia child lsbor increased e. from lSiO To
lsSQ femsles increased and males in.
creased = In the same time AS they manu-
fsc,ure improved machinery lit does the opera.
tive no good. The more simple the machine
simply means that the more displaced msle
labor will exist
Every priest and minister in the common
wealth should talk of this matter. The idea
the sts.s Appropriate this sum to the heads OF
tss3iliss unable 10 1--we unless they have
their children 81 work, and send these child
rS,, ~ scANCl.
There Is much food for reelection in what
be SAYS
An enterrrisiug cigar dealer in Wilkes
barre, Ben Dilley 10y nsme, has in his estsb
hshment ''poor box" into which people
| drop their contributions from day to day. L
| is opened on New Years day. This veal
there were 0SI pieces Of coin in Ii, their tota
| weight being So. pounds The coins amour
| to the neat sum OF Sl6273, on May / tn,
| Luzsrne Home for Friendless Children anC
| the hospital each received S27 worth OF -four
/ This amount was deducted leaving balsnc,
of SloS7S which was forwarded 70 th,
| treasurer of the city hospital. Such = schemt
is well worthy OF imitation.
Pittshurg's city councils have passed 81
ordinance adopting Eastern standard time G
the local city time, and il has caused mucl
confusion. Business men, bank clerks an,
many others residing out OF the city tint
| that they are compelled TO tumble out Of be,
| al an earlier hour in order TO catch trail
| that they may reach their place of bushes
| in time, while they are compelled TO wait 70
| the same train they hsy9 been going HON
| on which lands them at their homes at tn
same time The insurance companies ar
| having considerable discussion over the neS
| time, and tho question comes up: Do thei
policies expire by the new time or the old
| The question was asked: "lf policy expire
| TO day at l. o'clock, and at 10 minutes past !.
new time, 90 minutes before l., old time,
| ire occurs, is the company NsbleH' littl
rows like these keep the worlds blood !
circulation.
President Steel ,in'his address al the annul
meeting of the Philadelphia board of educ
ton, said that the statistics of the Easter
. | penitentiary show that, in ten years,
1859 convicts admitted, II years of age an
under, only "a had learned trades and IN,
, | had not; Sol had attended school aud 2Oj hs
=. | not 50 per cent had attended school, bI
only per cent had been instructed in trad
: 20 per cent had never attended school, al
| q per cent had not been instructed in
trade. This is q strong argument for the a.
| vocates OF manual training in the schools
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9 The quarterly meeting Of the Presbytel
i Of Philadelphia central was held in Phil adt
phis on Tuesday and the question OF ma
risge with a deceased wife's sister W
earnestly discussed. Rev Or. r. l.. Agne
: WAS satisfied that the Presbyterian book W
+ | wrong. He believed that there was DothiI
y / in the Bible 10 forbid a man marrying
4 | deceased wife's sister. He question,
4 | whether the eighteenth chapter OF Levitic
| referred TO marriage at all. In the old Jewi
| church IL was commanded for man TO mar
q | his deceased wiie's sister when his wife /,
, | no children. There was no evidence that {
II | old Jewish church forbade II. nor was the
l. | any law of the kind until three hundr,
, | years after the Christian era. II has be-
handed down from England 1t was a de
letter, and therefore why not strike 1t oU
l. This was agreed TO by vote Of 80 to Q.